Word: dhahran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...speed shipments of short-and medium-range missiles (Nikes, Matadors, Snarks) to bolster the defenses of Great Britain. He is helping to work out the details of the agreement whereby the U.S. will send arms to bolster Saudi Arabia while also getting a new five-year lease on Dhahran, the crucial Saudi Arabian air base from which the U.S. Air Force's nuclear bombers can command the southern reaches of the Communist empire. Everywhere, Radford argues publicly and privately for the alltime-peacetime-high defense and foreign military assistance budget of $43.3 billion (58? in every U.S. tax dollar...
...military support against Communist aggression in the Middle East. "There was agreement," said one U.S. official, "on everything we discussed." Beyond concord on aims and future pursuits within the framework of the U.N., the two countries agreed that 1) the U.S. will continue to use the strategically important Dhahran Air Field in Saudi Arabia for the next five years, in return for which 2) the U.S. will provide economic assistance and, over a five-year stretch, some $50 million in arms...
...notable good news of the week was that the U.S. and Saud, without wasting time on platitudinous shows of regard, were settling down to negotiate a tough and workable agreement whereby 1) the U.S. Air Force would continue to use the key $50 million Saudi Arabian air base at Dhahran, 2) the U.S. would send Saud phased shipments of arms that would strengthen Saud as a monarch but would also increase Saud's value as a stability factor in the Middle East...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7--The deputy foreign minister of Saudi Arabia said tonight after a long conference with Secretary of State Dulles that "we have agreed on everything we have discussed." His words indicated full understanding has been reached on such issues as continued American use of the Dhahran air base and a military aid program for Saudi Arabia...
...Saudi army instigated by Egyptian-trained officers. Last June 4,000 workers struck at Aramco just before Saud paid a formal visit, greeted him shouting of "oppression" by foreign imperialists. Saud's police beat several demonstrators to death with palm stems. Then, when Nasser flew to Dhahran for a conference, Saud was annoyed to find that the cheers for Nasser were far louder than for himself...